Tire-armor.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WILMOT, JR., OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TIRE-ARMOR.

ITO; 895,821. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

Application filed September 16, 1907. Serial No. 398,201.

T 0 all whom it may concer-11..' ably consisting of three comparatively large Be it known that I, GEORGE VVILMOT, Jr., and heavy metal rings whereby a tread seca citizen of the United Statesfresiding at Detion of the tire is formed which consists of a 35 troit, in the county of Wayne and State. of ortion of the interlaced thongs E, and of Michigan, have invented a new and useful lieavy ring chains arranged transverse to the Improvement in Tire-Armors, of which the tread oi the Wire and secured at each end to following is a specitication. similar chains of less Weight.

This invention is an improvement upon It will be understood that the thongs' E; 40 the tire armor shown and described by me in are faced to forni a net work and are also application for patent, filed December 22, assed through or interlaced with the ring of 1906, and given Serial Number 349,096.. oth the chains C and D.

This invention consists of an armor What I claim is I formed of parallel rods supporting interlaced 1. In an armor for automobile tires, af 45 thongs and also carrying a plurality of transtread section consisting of a net work of inlversely varranged chains, each chain consistF terlaced thongs and transversely arranged ing of a plurality of metal rings, the central chains of heavy rings, said chains being parrings of each chain being larger and heavier allel to each other and the thongs being inthan the rings forming the end portion)y terlaced with the rings of the chains. 50

In the accompanying drawing I have 2. An armor for automobile tires consistshown a plan view of a portion of a tire ing of a net of interlaced thongs, and transvarmor. versely arranged chains with which said In this drawing, A represents the metal thongs are interlaced, said chains being ar rods which it will be well understood are bent ranged transversely to lthe tread portion of 5,5 to form rings to be secured upon the riins of the armor and that portion of each chain the wheel over the tire of which the armor is lying across said tread portion being l'ormed to stretch. ofheavier rings than the remaining portion To each of the rods A are secured short of the chains. chain sections C, formed of a pluralit of interlocking rings, the opposite ends o which engage rings B, held upon the rods A. The NVi-tnesses: l inner end portions of the chain C are con- WILLIAM J. CLAaa, nected by a central chain section D, prefer- JOSEPH BLAND.

GEORGE WILHOT, Jie. 

